Susan T. Gooden is Interim Dean and Professor of Public Administration and Policy at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University.

Samuel L. Myers is Roy Wilkins Professor of Human Relations and Social Justice at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota.

Contributors: Walter R. Allen, Keisha L. Bentley-Edwards, Marcus D. Casey, Andre Comandon, Jamein P. Cunningham, William A. Darity Jr., Melany De La Cruz-Viesca, Malik Chaka Edwards, Reynolds Farley, Rob Gillezeau, Patrick F. Gillham, Susan Gooden Darrick Hamilton, Bradley L. Hardy, Daniel Harris, Matthew W. Hughey, Chantal Jones, John Koskinen, Rick Loessberg, Gary T. Marx, Channel McLewis, Samuel Myers Jr., Paul M. Ong, Jasson Perez, Cynthia Neal Spence